Birgitte Federspiel

Birgitte Federspiel (6 September 1925 – 2 February 2005) was a Danish film, theater and TV actress. She won two Bodil Awards for best actress in 1955 (Ordet) and 1959 (En fremmed banker på).[1]

Born Karen Birgitte Federspiel in Copenhagen, she was the daughter of actor Ejner Federspiel and Gunver Fönss. She had a notable film roles as Inger in Ordet (1955)[2] and, in later life, as Martine in Babette's Feast (1987),[3] while on TV she played Baroness von Rydtger in three episodes of Matador. She died in Odense in 2005, aged 79.[4]

Personal life

She was married to Danish actors Freddy Koch and Jens Østerholm.[4]

Selected filmography
  • Jens Langkniv (1940)
  • Ta' briller på (1942) - Birgit Ernst
  • Jeg mødte en morder (1943) - Pige på cykel (uncredited)
  • En ny dag gryer (1945) - Pige i venteværelse
  • I de lyse nætter (1948) - Grethe
  • For frihed og ret (1949) - Dronningens kammerpige
  • Susanne (1950) - Doris Rudholt
  • Familien Schmidt (1951) - Gerd Møller
  • Kærlighedsdoktoren (1952) - Arkæologi-Magisteren Bente Berg
  • Adam og Eva (Adam and Eve) (1953) - Tove
  • Ordet (1955) - Inger Borgen (uncredited)
  • Kispus (1956) - Dora
  • Vi som går stjernevejen (1956) - Nana
  • En kvinde er overflødig (1957) - Ester
  • Amor i telefonen (1957) - Misse Lieberg
  • En fremmed banker på (1959) - Vibeke
  • Charles' tante (Charles' Aunt) (1959) - Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez / Lise Holm
  • Den sidste vinter (The Last Winter) (1960) - Anne Sørensen
  • Komtessen (1961) - Gevinde Sonja Hardenborg
  • Gøngehøvdingen (The Musketeers) (1961) - Kulsoen
  • Drømmen om det hvide slot (1961) - Fru Strand
  • Dronningens vagtmester (1963) - Kulsoen
  • Hvis lille pige er du? (1963) - Fru Jansen
  • Gudrun (Suddenly, a Woman!) (1963) - Husværtinden
  • Døden kommer til middag (Death Comes at High Noon) (1964) - Merete Lindberg
  • Tine (1964) - Fru Berg
  • Dyden går amok (1966) - Inga Forstmand
  • Sult (Hunger) (1966) - Her sister
  • Søskende (1966) - Irene
  • Den røde kappe (Hagbard and Signe or The Red Mantle) (1967) - King Hamund's widow
  • Og så er der bal bagefter (1970) - Astrid
  • Z.P.G. (1972) - Psychiatrist
  • Olsen Banden går amok (The Olsen Gang Goes Crazy) (1973) - Ragna
  • Nitten røde roser (19 Red Roses) (1974) - Louise Bech
  • Nøddebo Præstegård (1974) - Fru Blicher
  • Den korte sommer (1976) - Silden
  • Julefrokosten (1976) - Asta Asmussen
  • Nyt legetøj (1977) - Anna
  • Pas på ryggen, professor (Mind Your Back, Professor) (1977) - Ægtepar i kunstforretning / kone
  • Firmaskovturen (1978) - Frk. Asmussen
  • Fængslende feriedage (1978) - Cornelia Møller
  • Min farmors hus (1984)
  • Sidste akt (1987) - Tante Laura
  • Sidste akt (1987) - Lotta Henderson
  • Peter von Scholten (1987) - Dronning Caroline Amalie
  • Babettes gæstebud (Babette's Feast) (1987) - Martine
  • Carlo og Ester (1994) - Viola
  • Barbara (1997) - Ellen Katrine
  • Lykkefanten (1997) - Mormor
  • Forbudt for børn (1998) - Grandmother
  • Kat (film) (2001) - Gundine

References
  1. Birgitte Federspiel Awards, imdb.com; accessed 8 May 2015.
  2. David Bordwell (January 1981). The Films of Carl Theodor Dreyer. University of California Press. pp. 224–. ISBN 978-0-520-04450-0.
  3. Adele Reinhartz (2013). Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films. Routledge. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-0-415-67720-2.
  4. Birgitte Federspiel at IMDb


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